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Book Agent--Are you engaged, ma dama MadAm-sir, I m married
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
Greatly Excited.

Not few OF the citizens OF Washington
have recently become greatly excited over
the astounding fact that several Of their
friends who had been pronounced by their
physicians as incurable and beyond all
hope-sufIering with that dreaded monster
eonsumption-haye been completely cured
ton, the only remedy that does positively
cure all throat and lung diseases, coughs,
colds, asthma and bronchitis. Trial bottle
free at stott, Cromwell & Co.'s drug store;
large bottles 81.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24

ent time one Of our largest dealers. His
wharves at Tenth street and river afford
him excellent shipping facilities for lumber
destined to various points on the river.
Thousands upon thousands OF feet are an-
nually received by him from different parts
OF the country, including all the varieties.
Yellow pine from the South, white pine,
hnrdwoods, etc, from the North and West,
which upon arrival arc again shipped to
the various dealers in different portions Of
the District. Mr.. Bscoe Is an unassuming
and anable gentleman and no duubt'to
these qualities he owes much ofthe success
he has attained.
John G. Slater,
Dealer In Furniture, Carpets. Rugs, Oil
cloths, Mirrors, etc., Nos. $40 to 3l4 Penn
sylvania avenue and 800 to 3l3 B street
southeast, has probably the largest estab-
lishment OF Its Kind In this city, and to
meet the demand for space made necessary
by his rapidly increasing business, hc e
now about to build an addition OF 40xi00
feet. Al present the store contains 1850
square feet. Mr.. Slater has been established
In this line for the past eight years, and does
a very large business with those who fad It
most onyenient 10 buy on the inhtallment
plan, His extensive show rooms are'at all
times stocked with q beautiful variety OF
furniture, upholstery goods, and also large
line OF stoves anu ranges, anu IN Iact almost
everything that Is required to furnish the
dwelling. Mr.. Slater has been resident
Of the District since 1871, and from a very
humble beginning has builtup d business OF
which he may well be proud.
W. Q. Williams q Co., s4
Pharmacists, corner Of First and II streets
northwest, have prominent and well-con-
Quoted establishment and Its popularity is,
In great measure, due to the. e.careful and
conscientious management Of the head OF
the firm. The store Is conveniently and
appropriately fitted up, and the stock In
clndes everything TO be found 10 first
class drug establishment, such as pure
drugs, chemicals, pharmaceutical prepara-
lions, proprietary aud family medicines,
toilet articles, fancy goods, etc. Mr.
Williams celebrated .srar Pectoral" for
coughs and colds and "Empire Salve,for
allaying local Inflammation, hemorrhoids,
etc., have both met with the large sale they
Justly merit. The soda trade at this place
is quite feature, and the ornamental wood
top to the soda fountain "a late addltloa),
is quite work of art. Mr. w. gives his
personal attention to the prescription
branch, for which an experience OF seven
teen years renders him perfectly competent.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PetrOIeytI

Petroleum.
==B. X. Plain y Co., st. Cloud Building,
furnish the following Oil quotations:
Closed yesterday, 62i;. opened to-day, 62l;
highest, 623; lowest. G2s; 2:l5 p. m., 62a.
New York stock Market.
The following have been furnished by
MacGill q Hardt, bankers and'brokers, 5l5
Seventh street northwest:
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
ENERGY AND THRIFT.
Tie Ltaiirg Business Houses Of the
National Capital.
CUR LOCAL INDUSTRIES.
Sketches of citizens Prominent In
business and Professional Life.

The sketches which will appear from time
10 time In these columns will be found OF
interest 10 all, denoting, as they do, activity
. d energy in all business circles, and show
ing the growth and prosperity Of the city.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
Letter. Carriers in New Uniform

The firm Of Strasburger e Son, manu-
featuring clothiers and tailors of Baltimore,
having been awarded the contract for the
letter.carriers and Special Delivery summer
uniforms, aud having completed the same
on very short notice, are now delivering
them from their new branch store, lAtel,
opened, ut 11l2 + street northwest. :
These uniforms arc made from the be.
West Point Cadet Gray Cloth, aud are pr,
nounced perfect in fit and workmanship.
This firm makes a specially of contrac'
ing for all kinds OF uniforms and have H.
facilities for completing them on sho1 Il,
notice, at lowest bottom prices. They al ,
carry full line Of elegantly made clothin..
for men, youths and boys, manufactured
specially for the Washington trade.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
PROPOSALS.
pROPOsALs FOR FRESH BEEF,
i MUTTON AND CORNED BEEF,
ONCE Of the Secretary and Treasurer Of Oh
Inltnd States Snldlarsi IInlnn Wnshi infnI

ONCE Of the Secretary and Treasurer Of tlie
United States soldiers Home, WASH ieton,
d. C., May %, 1887.
SEALED PROPOSALS. In duplicate, sub.
ject to the usual conditions, will be received
at this Office until 10 O'Clock q. IN. on Friday,
June 3, 1887, at which time and place they
will be opened In the presence of bidders, for
furnishlg and delivering at the kitchen. hos.
pital, dairy and gate houses of the Soldiers
Home, fresh beef, mutton and cOrued beef.
as required by the Secretary and Treasurer OF
the Ilomes FOR the year commencing July 1,
1857, and ending June 30, 1888.
Separate proposals will be received for fur
nishing the officers Of the Home with choice
cuts OF fresh beef, mutton and lamb.
Information as to the manner OF bidding,
conditions to bo observed by bidders, terms
OF contract and payment Will be furnished on
PERSONAL application 10 this ONCE.
Inc bids Tor each Kind Of meat will be con.
sidefcd separately
The successful bidder will be required TO
enter Into a written contract with the SscrG.
taiy and Treasurer of the Homo. with good
thousand (s2,000) doliars,'within seven days
after being noiiied OF tho accept1nco of his
proposals.. A copy Of this advertisement
must be attached to each proposal.
The undersigned reserves the right to re-
ject any and all proposals.
Envelopes Containing proposals should be
lrdofsed Proposals for Fresh Beef, Mutton
and Corned Beef at United States Soldiers
Home, District Of Columbia" and addressed
to the undersigned.
d. f. RITTENIoUsE,
Secretary and Treasurer United States Sol.
diers' Home, d, q,
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
Secretary and Treasurer United States Sol.
diers' Home, d. O.
FOR sTATIoNERY.

Treasury Department, May II, 1887.
=, SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing sta
isss, Win be received at this Department
until the liih day OF June, 1887, az 1o'ciock
Blank forms for bidding will be furnished
The bids will be considered and accepted
or rejected Item by item, and this advertise
ment and the PROPOSAL so far as accepted by
the Secretary Of the Treasury, and the bond
accompanying the same, shall constitute the
contract between the Government and tho
bidder or bidders, and NO further contract
will be executed,
The articles contracted for must be fur
nisbed from time TO time during the year, In
quantities pursuant to orders from the Dc.
ever, be called fcr during the year.
Each proposal must be signed by the indl.
yidunl or firm making 1t, and be accompanied
By q bond with sniilcient snreties in the sum
q United States officer of the District IN which
the sureties reside or do business, on q form
70 be. furnished by the Department, condi
TONED for furnishing such portions of the
performance of the contract.
Proposals unaccompanied by such bond
will not be considered, and contracts will be
awarded only TO established manufacturers
OF, Or dealers in, the articles.
+ Proposals to- be addressed to the under.
signed, and marked Proposals for station.
Deliveries must be free OF charge at the
Treasury Department, Washington, DC and
Will be subject to inspection by an expert do.
tailed for the purpose by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and the delivery of an Inferior
article will be deemed sufficient cause to
annnl the contract, at the option of the Sec.
THE Department reserves the right to waive
defects and reject any or all bids.
q. s. FAlRCnlLD, Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24

reciory of All Souls Church, by the Rev
Rush shlppen, William Powell Rice to Nora
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
DIED.

MooRE,-on May ~. 1887, Joannie Potter,
eldest daughter OF NJ. d. and tho late Major
i. II Moore.
Services at 1895 Seventh street northwest
on Wednesday, s5th instant, at 5 o'clock p. m.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24

PROPOSALS. FOR GAS FIXTURES
AND GILT RODS.
Ofilce OF Building for State, War and Navy
Departments, Washington, D. c., April %,
1851.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing. deliy.
eling and putting IN place complete the Gas
the Gilt Rods required for the west and
centre wings Of the building for
State, War and Navy Departments. In
until l2 M, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th
day of May, 1887, and opened Immediately
thereafter In presence Of bidders.
specifications, general Instructions to bid
ders and blank forms OF proposal will be fur
nished to established manufacturers of gas
fixtures on application TO this Office.
lTII0S. LINCOLN CASEY,
Colonel COrps of Enrineers
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
TrestIo M'n'rg Company.
MANUFACTURERS OF ZEoLER's IMPROVED
TREsTLgs ron sCAFPoLDISo AND


TREsTLgs ron SCAFPoLDISa AND
BUILDING PURPOSES.
Among the numerous industries which are
constantly sprlDging up iu the city, Few are
more noteworthy or Of more real merit
than that OF the company whose title is the
caption ofthis article. Thopatentee Of the
article. manufactured by the company, Mr..
George w. Zicgler, Is a practical mechanic
Of the most thorough type, and not only
{ practical, but understands the theory as
well, which Ia what few can say. -Four
years ago be commenced active work upon
the several inventions he has perfected, and
two years ago this company was formed Of
leading business men, with Mr.. Zlegler as
business manager. No expense hns been
spared, and the company Is now In fair
way to reap the reward Of well.dlrected ef-
fort and meritorious work.
II holds and controls large number OF,
Mr.. Iiegler's patents aud manufactures
under them numerous articles ihdispca-
rhble to builders and manufacturers and to
the public In general. With these goods
trestles Of all kinds, benches, scafToidlng
foroarpenters, shipbuilders, painters, plas.
.terers aud paper-hangcre, supports for yard
ewipge, tentipg, ornamental yard work,
band stands, or circus tent seats, tables,
portable stands Of all kinds, aud in fact,
everything which is to be constructed in the
above lines can be put up almost instantly,
remain perfectly firm as long as desired, I
and then taken down and removed quickly
without damage to Lumber and without the
the uee Of q nail or screw. Tho locks or
trestle irons are made Of best malleable iron,
and have stood greater test under the d.
fecti0n Of Government engineers than any
work Of the kind ever before tested, the re-
suit Of which is that the company now
manufacture largely for the use OF the Gov.
erpment.
With his devices Mr.. Zfegler last year
built all the buildings for the New Jersey
State Fair at Trenton and many for the fair
at Philadelphia, and testimonials from all
parts Of the country pour In upon him
thick and fast, and orders come much
faster than they can be filed. In addition
to the main factory at Eleventh and F
streets northeast, branches are established
nt Philadelphia and Allegheny City, Pa;
Wilmington, Del, and Newark, N. j. The
space to which this article must necessarily
be confined does not permit Of detailed
mention OF each article, but call at the
Office, or o request for o circular from those
interested, will meet with prompt re-
sponsc from Mr.. Ziegler, the business man
ager and patentee. '
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24

TyROPOHALs FOR SWEEPING AND
L CLEANING STREETS IN WASHING
TON, D. G.
WASHINGTON, May 1a, 1887.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received O
this of1ce until 1a o'clock IN. of Wednesday
June /, 1857, for sprinkling. sweeping and
cleaning streets and avenues In tho city o.
WASHINGTON, DC.
Blank forms Of proposals and specifications
can be obtained upon application therefor,
together with oil necessary information, and
bids upon these forms will alone be considered.
The right Is reserved to reject any and all
bids or parts of bids.
wM. LUDLOW.
Engineer Commissioner, d. G.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
'"The slough of Dependency"

In which you are wallowing, on account OF
some Of those diseases peculiar to you,
madame, and which have robbed you Of the
rosy hue Of health, aud made life q burden
to you, you can easily get out OF. DIR.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription will free
you from allsuch troubles, and soon recall
the rose-tint OF health to your check and
the elasticity 10 your step. 1t is a most
Irregularities peculiar to your sex. II cures
liberation, displacements, "intcrnal fever"
bearing-down sensstions. removes the
tendency to cancerous affections and cor
reefs all unnatural discharges. By drug
glsts,
The Public is Defrauded
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24

A UGUsT BURapoRF,
"A FURNISHING UNDERTAKER,
No. $40 Penna. ave. n. W., bet. Sd aud Az sts.
Everything first-olass.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
MARRIED.

GRAND Hussar Drill at Kernan's.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24

DROT. wHITCoMB has Reopened
Il his School of Shorthand at l4l3 G st n W;
class sessions Tuesday and Friday evenings.
"ASHINaTON Academy OF TeIe-
w graphy has removed from Capitol Hill
to ISL r st n w, ROOMS z, 8 and 0,
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24
NAME.

Chicago Markets. %.
The following summary is by b. X. Plain
& Co., st. Cloud Bulldog, Ninth & +
streets:
N. u H. q.
The Washington critic., 1887-05-24

The Public is Defrauded
by many counterfeits OF Colgate's popular
toilet soaps. Cashmere Bouquet ia largely
initiated. Beware
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-16

Take, for example, ''inboart'' and
"aboard" You say of a man entering
ship that he has gone aboard herr" of a
boat hanging Mt the davits that It must be
swung ''inboard. There is nicely here
difficult Of discrimination, but 1t is fiNcd,
nevertheless. You would not say Of q
man in ship that he Is '"inboard," nor
of dayits that they must be slowed
aboard So of ''aft" and "abaft." They
both mean the same thing, but they are
not applied in the same way. A man is
aft" when he is on the quarter deck or
poop. You could not say he is ''abaft :"
But suppose him to be beyond the mizzen-
mast. you would say ''he is standing Just
abaft the mizzenmast," not che is stand
ing aft It," Pecuiarities of expression
abound in sea language to degree not to
be paralleled by the eccentricities of other
vocational dialects. A man who sleeps in
his bunk or hammock all night or through
his watch on deck ''lies in" or sleeps In. I"
But neither Is applicable IL he sleeps
through his watch below.--W. Clark Rus
sell In Contemporary Review.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-16
Won Bulow.s Joke.

On another occasion Won Bulow con.
fessed to me that he wanted to make a
joke. Phis time all was open and above
board. He wished To do service to his
agent, one Wertheimcr, and he thought he
could best do it by writing and publishing
O comic song. 4 comic song by the clas-
steal Won Bulow would be sure to have an
immense sale, and Wcrtheimer would reap
o large profit from 1t. Words were want
ed, and Won Bulow asked me to write him
o few numerous starzas, Of which the bur-
den On catch word was to be IA little more
gingerr' then, believe, popular slang
term. wrote and delivered the words,
and Won Bulow told me to call upon him
the next day to hear the wedding Of my
words 70 music by him went, and after
the composer had told me OF his success in
finding tune he sat at the piano and
played It. Never did / hear more
cranped, unnelodious and nnsingEbie
melody, and the pianoforte accompaniment
bristled with difficulties, requiring a skill
no less than his own to play. was
amazed-speechless well" he said,
turning ON the piano stool, ''what do you
think Of 1t, poetp" told him with the
most perfect frankness that the voice part
Of his musical joke was unsngable and
the piano part unpiRyable. "My dear fell
low" he said, with something of pity in
his tones, that is the joke. boston Ga
Zetta
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-16
Mortality Among Congressman.

The mortality in the present congress
alone, without counting others in prom
inent positions, has been frightful. SEN
ator Logan makes the thirteenth member
Of the whole body and the third senator to
die within year. Members of the house
are beginning to get little frightened
about the unsanitary condition of the
beautiful chamber In which they sit,
which a late report has emphasized. AS
the case was in the good old days, when
architects built Greek temples for work
shops without taking into consideration
that the climate of modern America and
ancient Greece were about as unlike as
could be imagined, the Capitol was planned
solely with a view to looks. The accous-
tics are bad, except In the supreme court
room, and rs for the air In the house it Is
something fearful. 1t was supposed that
large fans, pumping thousands of cubic
feet Of air in the hall would purify 1t, but
the air Is drawn from below and merely
brlngs up all the damp and mold and
sepulchral atmosphere OF the crypt, where
coal and wood and ashes and millions o.
pounds Of old paper are stored. The blame
for this state of affairs cannot be laid OF
the present architect, who has palliated a
far rs possible all that can be palliated Ii
radically wrong system. The buildin,
had to be lighted, heated and ventilate,
without the slightest real provision beinl
made for any In the original plan.--Nev
York Mall and Express.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-16
10 LIFE WORTH Lwlnet

IT'S life worth living IN these pallld days,
When oil the earth l. pulseless, thirsting golds
Why are we slirinken from that height Of old.
When men wouid die for glorys twining baysf-'
SO sang maiden with trumpet eye
And lip that pealea poem with each word.
what Life Is this We live and die unheard
Beneath silent and too sunny skyY'
"were 1t not better to have lived In Greece,
And beard Demosthenes strike Philip down
With words that scared the lustre Of his GROVE,
And wrote red war across the brow Of peacey'
Were II not better to have lived In Rome
When Cesar, with Unsuitable blads,
Carved out path through every hi.l and glade
Until he made the frightened world his honor"
"were It not better to have lived and died
Before men fell upon such idle days;
Before the world had learned such coward ways
Is life worth living nowr' she sadly cried.
Truly cannot tell thee that, my sweet"
said; but here's an answer meet for thee:
LIE then or now were worth the world to me,
II l but lived It lying at thy feet"
w j. Henderson
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-16

You would be surprised to know how
many girls and women there are in the
city who depend upon the ballet for their
existence. The majority Of them are W.
fitted for any other kind Of work, and al
though they continue to JUST about keep
the wolf from the door by odd jobs of sew
ing, their condition this year Is truly de-
plorable. The glare Of the footlight has
spoiled them for the burdensome life of q
seamstress, q certain false pride prevents
them from accepting what they regard as
mental employment, and SO the poor
wretches strive and wait for better times.
Some OF them are married women with
children, but, rs rule their husbands
are drunkards, and In the spectacular
season live on the earnings Of their wives.
When there Is no spectacular season, want
and discomfort enter the little household.
There is more misery hidden under the
pink tights and glittering bodice Of O
hgurante than is dreamed of in the philoso-
ply OF theatre goers.-New York Star.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-16
What Bsame OF a MILLION Of Dollars.

The Extraordinary Grand Drawing
(the 205th monthly of the Louisiana
State Lottery took place at New Or
leans, La, on Tuesday-always Tues
daytime 14th, 1887. The occasion
had an unusul interest from the mag
nitude of the prizes in value. $780,
600 was the First Capital Prize, sold
in twentieths of $4,000 each, at 81
each, was won by number 22,749
one went to Theo. Flugmacher and
VIM. Wendell, and one to VIM.
Kempler, all of New York City,
paid through Adams Express Co.
two to Mrs. F. V. Wasserman of
Omaha, Nebraka, paid through the
Pacific Express Co. one to Annie
Chandler Of Cliftonville, Miss, one
to l.. NJ. Relnack, through Klus &
Bros, both were paid through First
National Bank of Meridian, Miss. !;
one to Jas. III. Raymond d Co., OF
Austin, Texas, one to City National
Bank and one to National Exchange
Bank, both of Dallas, Texas one to
A. j. Trefts, N. w. cor. 9th and IL"
ST., San Francisco, CAL; one was
paid in person to =. j. Mooney, No.
429 Ursuline St., and one to Chas. 4.
Denniss, Exposition Boulevard and
! Preston sts., both Of New Orleans,
La. The Second Prize was 800, 900,
won by No. Fl ,658 also sold in TWEEN
tieths at 81 each, one to s. Levy, No.
l40 E. 10th St., Chicago, ILL.,; one to
John Kyle of Buffalo, N. Y, paid
through Adams Express; one paid
to Casco National Bank of Portland,
Me-, through Maverick National
Bank of Boston, Mass. one to Frank
Armstrong, through r.. Truman,
Alton Bank, Alton, Ohio; one to
John G.. Liebel of 1919 Peach ST.,
Erie, Pa; one to Snyder, Wells &
Co., Gates, Tenn. one toJ G. Curry,
Prop. of Tivoli Garden, Main ST.,
Memphis, Tenn. one to a depositor
in the Louisiana National Bank OF
New Orleans, La. /; one to j. B. Boyd
San Diego, Cal. paid through Wells,
Fargo & Co.; one to Geo. Miller, No.
1924 Howth St., San Francisco, CAL,
through Anglo-Californian Bank,
Limited; one to Wells, Fargo 4 Co.
of San Fancisco, Cal. Third Capital
was won by No. 26,lS6; it was not
sold. No. 34,018 drew the Fourth
Capital Prize of $25, 200: it was also
sold in twentieths at 81 each. One to
A. b. Clark, Boston, paid through
international Trust Co., of Boston,
Mass. one to r. j. Tuffin, also OF
Boston, Mass, paid through Adams
Express Co.; one to John McRed-
mon and John McKenna of Stan
ford, Connecticut, one to First Nation
al Bank of San Jose, CAL; one to
John l.. Steelman, No. 62 South ST.,
New York City; one to r.. G. Heffer-
man, Louisville, paid through Third
National Bank of Louisville, KY.
che to depositor in the New Orleans
National Bank, at New Orleans, La;
one to G. r. Goodbeck, Manor, Tex
as, etc., etc. The scheme embraced
3,l36 prizes, amounting to 81, 055, 900,
and while the further details are in.
teresting to many investors, any in
formation can be had on an application
to M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La.
The next occurrence of a similar ma
ture will be on Tuesday, August 9th,
1887.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-07-16
A Policy Players Superstition.

A man was killed on the railroad near
Pittsb.ug the other day, and his body
brought to the city. In lifting the man
g]ed resuains from the baggage car silver
watch, still running, fell from the vest
pocket. One Of the railroad employees
grabbed II, opened the blood stained case,
palled ont O pencil and took the number.
What are you doing that forY'' he was
asked. Policy" he tersely replied 1t
rs a popular superstition among policy
players that the number Of q watch found
on man dying . violent death is sure to
come out New York Sun.